Mandolin-pick holder



No. 749,616. PATENTED JAN. 12, 1904. B. F. KNELL.

MANDOLIN PICK HOLDER;

APPLICATION FILED 13110.31, 1902.

K0 MODEL.

UNITED STATES Patented January 12, 1904.

BENJAMIN F. KNELL, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

MANDOLIN-PICK HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 749,616, dated January12, 1904.

Application filed December 31, 1902. Serial No. 137,251. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, BENJAM N F. KN ELL, a

citizen of the United States, residing in the city a and county ofPhiladelphia, State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in'Mandolin-Pick Holders, of which the following is aspecification.

My invention relates to a pick-holder for mandolins.

It further consists in novel details of construction, all as will behereinafter fully set forth.

Figure 1 represents a perspective view of a portion of the head of themandolin with a pick-holder in position thereon. Fig. 2 represents aplan view of a pick-holder embodying my invention. Fig. 3 represents aplan view of the pick, showing the same in the act of being inserted.Fig. 4 represents a sectional view on line w 00, Fig. 2. Fig. 5represents a side elevation of a pick, showing the same in the positionafter insertion in the holder. Fig. 6 represents a perspective view of apick-holder, showing a different means for securing the same to themandolin. Fig. 7 represents a side elevation of a portion of the head ofa mandolin, showing the pickholder in position thereon.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in thefigures.

Referring to the drawings, A designates a pick-holder, the sameconsisting of a plate B, which is provided with slots C, and havingtongues D, the portions E of said plate adjacent said tongues beingslightly bulged or curved in order to form a spring for the tongues D,which latter are slightly raised above the surface of the plate B, aswill best be understood from Fig. 4, for ease of insertion of the pickF, it being understood that the end of the pick is inserted beneath thetongues I) and in the slots C, whereby said tongues will engage withsaid picks and hold the same securely in position, as will be understoodfrom Fig. 1.

It will be evident that in place of making two tongues I may employ oneor more and that I have shown two in order that a plurality of picks maybe held, and in some instances I provide the plate B with the openings Gfor securing the plate to the head of the mandolin. In lieu of this Imay make the clip H' integral with or secured to the plate B, as willbest be understood from Figs. 6 and 7, the clip engaging with a suitableportion of the head. and being provided with the pins J for engagementwith the head K of the mandolin, and I make the end L of the clipslightly curved for ease of removal of the holder. If desired, I mayprovide the face of the plate B with the serrations or nicks M forsharpening the pick, the object of which is evident.

From the above it will be seen that the pick can be quickly and easilyinserted or removed from the holder and when in the holder will besecurely held, preventing loss and inconvenience, the present method ofsecuring the pick being to pass the same through the strings of themandolin, which not only affects the tune or key of the strings, butalso causes the loss of many picks.

It will be evident that various changes may be made by those skilled inthe art which will come within the scope of my invention, and] do not,therefore, desire to be limited in every instance to the exactconstruction herein shown and described.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. A pick-holder for mandolins comprising a substantially flat platehaving serrations and a plurality of spring-tongues to engage and holdpicks and means whereby the plate can be secured to a mandolin.

2. In a pick-holder for mandolins, a plate having a slot thereon, atongue adjacent said slot, a bulged portion adjacent said tongue forforming a spring, and serrations beyond the bulged portion and meanswhereby the plate can be secured to the mandolin.

3. A pick-holder for mandolins comprising a plate having a slot therein,a spring-tongue adjacent said slot, and means whereby the plate can besecured to the mandolin, the upper face of said plate being providedwith serrations.

4. In a pick-holder for mandolins, a plate having serrations, means forsecuring the same to a mandolin, a tongue independent of said securingmeans, the outer edge of Which tongue is situated slightly above theupper face of the plate, and a bulged portion adjacent said tongue, forforming a spring.

A pick-holder for mandolins comprising :1 plate having a slot therein, atongue adjacent said slot, said tongue having a bulge extending to theend of the tongue of the shape of the pick whereby room is provided forthe pick between the top of the holder and the 10 mandolin, and meansfor securing the holder to a mandolin.

BENJAMIN F. KNELL. Witnesses:

JOHN A. W nanmcsrncnr, (l I). MoVAY.

